BREWING UP ABILITIES INS ALCARRÀS
KA101-576AC709 ERASMUS PROJECT 2019-2022
Our school: INS ALCARRÀS https://agora.xtec.cat/iesalcarras/ Phone: +34973791456
Erasmus projects since 2001
In next pages we share strategies, pedagogical changes and workshops we have designed in the frame of our last project.
ARTS WORKSHOP
Designing bins following Keith Haring
Collaborating in Christmas decoration
With the aim of offering our students the possibility to enroll projects related to their interests and abilities, since school year 20202021, our school has outlined some projects, coached by different teachers: arts, language, technology, P.E., entrepreneurship.
Library
School library ApS students take advantage of playground time to borrow reading books to the rest of the students.
ApS students are in charge of the Classroom library register.
GAMING CHEMISTRY
Our 3rd ESO students have organised a gaming chemistry cours. They have worked in goups. Chemistry and periodic table in a collaborating and funny way.
SCIENCES AT STREET
Our pupils had participated in the Chemistry workshop “Ciència al carrer”. They have shown and lead their work to other schools and general public.
COLLABORATING Technology and Arts.
Making the most of our 3D printer we have developed a workshop sharing Tecnology and Arts lessons.
Collaborating language&…
In the frame TxT, ( The Universe) students had to record their last activity The task consisted of an interview to a student who was playing the role of an astronaut. English communication and digital competence are promoted. Collaboration with Visual and Arts department is fostered as well.
Collaborating language&…
The Univers was our frame. We have collaborated (Language, Arts to transform a 1902 film into a new versión. First level students were our actors and actress.
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
Several years ago our school started to collaborate with primary schools in town in order to agree with goals, tools, resources to be used as a way to build a bridge between primary and secondary school. The most important change we have implemented is a collaborative project in 1st ESO grade taking as a basis students’ real life environment. The two important changes we have introduced in those projects are the participation of all curriculum subjects trying to boost a significant learning in them. The other main value of those projects is the change in the assessment: pupils evaluate their work as an important part of the tasks.
Astronomy group
Since some years ago our astronomy group have been participating in several international astronomy projects. This year a new step forward has been made and our students can rule on their own.
DRONS IN TECHNOLOGY LESSONS
Incorporating new tecnologies in class, our 2nd ESO students have designed and built drons. As a proof, our drons have hovered the classroom.
OUR SPECIAL TEACHER
During the 3 terms of 21-22 we have started new flexible grouping related to English oral skills. A new teacher is in charge of helping students with a low level in oral competences.
JOBSHADOWING AT SCHOOL
Every teacher’s pedagogical team makes proposals and ideas generated from our attendance to 2019-2020 mobilities to Finland and Estonia. Our main goal is to implement co-teaching, especially in two kind of groups: those that are coming from primary school and need to get used to secondary school life and the ones that are in the last course of their academiclevel and need different strategies and resources in order to pass compulsory and objective exams which are needed to continue with their academic life in a successful way.
TEACHERS TRAINING:
Due to pandemic COVID-19 we have improved some resources in order to help teachers in their daily lessons. “Monthly APP” and “Moodle”, leadered by technology teachers, offer to all colleagues new resources to be implemented in our lessons, focusing on those which help in online tasks. The resource has been extremely successful and we have continued working with it during 2021 and 2022 school years.
TRAINING TEACHERS AND DIGITAL BOOKS
Due to confinement measures, last school year had to be finished at home and both teachers and pupils made a great effort in order to carry on with online lessons. We realized then, that our digital books were not as useful as we needed and we decided to change them. The use of digital books became widespread in all subjects, didactic departments and levels. This important decision meant to start different workshops: not all teachers were used to this kind of material. Therefore, the head of each didactic department attended a course with the publishing houses in order to help their colleagues and all students in the management of the resource as well.
ENTRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship lectures are concerned with the testimony of new and exciting projects. In today’s lecture, Belén Jürschik, Casa Dalmases’ secretary, explained the path of her social Project. Casa Dalmases Foundation, established in 2012, works with people at risk of social exclusion, favouring the insertion and enhancement of this group, helping with its Project to strengthen local trade and enhancing territory of La Segarra (Catalan county). Despite the start in the world of brewing, the foundation also hosts a project as a collector of works of art and for some years now, and after a selfless transfer, they also have a workshop in the manufacture of homemade and traditional chocolate. Belén has mentioned the importance of the Project not for its economic benefit as a private company, but as a way to give a chance to people who have a difficult life, so that they can enjoy a workspace which helps them not only to feel fulfilled but to improve their lives as well , which is in fact the real purpose of the foundation.
GENRE
During April 21 our students attended a virtual exhibition about genre, organized by Generalitat de Catalunya. In our area the exhibition was held in Lleida and disposable for school in virtual format. We have prepared the visit by groups and worked in tutorial lessons.
BOOKTUBES & READING FOR PLEASURE
In compulsary levels we offer to our pupils the possibility of showing the book they have read with different strategies. The most popular is preparing a booktube.
ARDUINO WORKSHOP
4th level pupils have been involved in Arduino workshop, different classes and groups where they have had the possibility to learn and leader computer engineering from another point of view.
TODO EMPIEZA AQUÍ: ATTENDANCE TO ERASMUS+ LECTURES (MADRID, DECEMBER, 13TH 2021)
Erasmus+ coordinator and a colleague involved in the Project participated in the lectures held in Madrid (13th December 2021).
ONLINE LESSONS
In January 2021, 2nd, 3rd and 4th ESO students attended Culture Lessons given by an English speaker teacher. Our students learnt lots of interesting facts about the English-speaking world. This year due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the classes were online sessions. All the students enjoyed the experience a lot and we look forward to next year conference.
CORUBRICS
Due to pandemics, the Formative Evaluation Workshop about CoRubrics, which was already scheduled, was held online. The main purpose in this workshop was to deep about the use of rubrics and check lists in the formative evaluation and exploring the possibilities of this app.